Indrani Kakati
@indranik18.bsky.social
Plant Biologist || Science outreach and communication || Traveller || Motivator ||
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Join UNESCO on 11 February 2026 for a global hybrid event celebrating women in science and shaping a future where science and gender equality advance together. Free to attend in person or online!
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2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Join UNESCO on 11 February 2026 for a global event celebrating women in science and shaping a future where science and gender equality advance together
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January 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Join UNESCO on 11 February 2026 for a global hybrid event celebrating women in science and shaping a future where science and gender equality advance together. Free to attend in person or online!
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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#JustIn on Plantae: Promoting Scientific Visibility of Plant Sciences. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Priyanka Babuta and Kavita Joshi explore how to promote scientific visibility in plant sciences by addressing Plant Awareness Disparity (PAD). buff.ly/kVClmQ6
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
Promoting Scientific Visibility of Plant Sciences | Plantae
Plant science drives the future of sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, and food security. Yet, the impact of plant science research remains invisible to the public eyes, and we call this…
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January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
#JustIn on Plantae: Promoting Scientific Visibility of Plant Sciences. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Priyanka Babuta and Kavita Joshi explore how to promote scientific visibility in plant sciences by addressing Plant Awareness Disparity (PAD). buff.ly/kVClmQ6
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
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"Through choices in policy, investment, education, & care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity & recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet."
Highlighting a great article
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Highlighting a great article
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Special report: State of the climate, a planet on the brink | Plantae
This is the last edition of PSRW before the new year. Although we have spent the past year celebrating the breakthroughs in plant science, I am going to end on a more sober note…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"Through choices in policy, investment, education, & care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity & recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet."
Highlighting a great article
plantae.org/special-repo...
Highlighting a great article
plantae.org/special-repo...
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📣Introducing the 2026 Plantae Editors! Returning in 2026, ASPB has appointed its new group of Plantae Editors to further support Plantae's growth and goal to serve as a community resource for plant biologists, by plant biologists.🌱
Read more: buff.ly/R3PzRVK
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Read more: buff.ly/R3PzRVK
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📣Introducing the 2026 Plantae Editors! Returning in 2026, ASPB has appointed its new group of Plantae Editors to further support Plantae's growth and goal to serve as a community resource for plant biologists, by plant biologists.🌱
Read more: buff.ly/R3PzRVK
#PlantScience
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Grateful to be a part of this work featuring effector evolution in Phytophthora theobromicola, a new sps. identified in the recent years in Brazil affecting cacao which will pave the way for future effectorome studies similar emerging pathogens.
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Intraspecies sequence-graph analysis of the Phytophthora theobromicola genome reveals a dynamic structure and variable effector repertoires
Abstract. Phytophthora theobromicola is an emerging cacao pathogen recently identified in Brazil as an aggressive agent of black pod rot. We generated geno
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October 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Grateful to be a part of this work featuring effector evolution in Phytophthora theobromicola, a new sps. identified in the recent years in Brazil affecting cacao which will pave the way for future effectorome studies similar emerging pathogens.
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Amping up reproducibility of microbiome studies through standardized protocols and fabricated ecosystems (PLOSBio) @borjana-a.bsky.social (Summary by Indrani Kakati @indranik18.bsky.social) buff.ly/qQFJWna
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Amping up reproducibility of microbiome studies through standardized protocols and fabricated ecosystems | Plantae
There is ample evidence for the impacts of plant microbiomes to plant growth and metabolism, but there are also challenges to obtaining reproducible data. In a first of its kind multi-laboratory…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Amping up reproducibility of microbiome studies through standardized protocols and fabricated ecosystems (PLOSBio) @borjana-a.bsky.social (Summary by Indrani Kakati @indranik18.bsky.social) buff.ly/qQFJWna
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on September 26 at 12:00 pm Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/AAtvGQv.
#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
September 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on September 26 at 12:00 pm Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/AAtvGQv.
#PlantScience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/AAtvGQv.
#PlantScience
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📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱
👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq
#plantscience
👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq
#plantscience
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱
👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq
#plantscience
👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq
#plantscience
When sun and life plays hide and seek… #sunshinegirl #beachviews #wintry-mornings #calmsea
#iphonephotography #throwback
#iphonephotography #throwback
July 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
When sun and life plays hide and seek… #sunshinegirl #beachviews #wintry-mornings #calmsea
#iphonephotography #throwback
#iphonephotography #throwback
We are humbled as #Plantae editors to hear some of the greatest minds talk at #ASPB PBGlobal session today on “Practical thinking framework/tools to accelerate research and innovation” #PlantBiologyGlobal2025
Registrations open at ASPB website
Virtual schedule in pic below 👇
Registrations open at ASPB website
Virtual schedule in pic below 👇
July 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We are humbled as #Plantae editors to hear some of the greatest minds talk at #ASPB PBGlobal session today on “Practical thinking framework/tools to accelerate research and innovation” #PlantBiologyGlobal2025
Registrations open at ASPB website
Virtual schedule in pic below 👇
Registrations open at ASPB website
Virtual schedule in pic below 👇
Beauty and solitude at its best…. #flowerlove #plantlover #indiansummers #cyclesofmothernature #iphonephotography #zenmodeon
July 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Beauty and solitude at its best…. #flowerlove #plantlover #indiansummers #cyclesofmothernature #iphonephotography #zenmodeon
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Molecular epidemiology of European wheat powdery mildew (PLOS Bio) @fmenardo.bsky.social @jigisha1.bsky.social (Summary by Indrani Kakati @indranik18.bsky.social)
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Molecular epidemiology of European wheat powdery mildew | Plantae
At the height of the Covid pandemic, epidemiologists carried out mass sequencing of the circulating virus populations to track their movements and the emergence of new variants.
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June 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Molecular epidemiology of European wheat powdery mildew (PLOS Bio) @fmenardo.bsky.social @jigisha1.bsky.social (Summary by Indrani Kakati @indranik18.bsky.social)
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If you're exploring careers outside of academia, or just want some advice about how to be a better writer, please consider joining the webinar Wed 4 June (6pm UK, 7pm central Europe).
Join us for our next webinar exploring editor roles & tools for scientific publication. Webinar features a panel discussion with Nancy Hofmann, Ellen Kuwana, & Mary Williams followed by a short applied section.
Wednesday, June 4
10 AM PT/ 12 PM CT/ 1 PM ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/4p8sk5us
Wednesday, June 4
10 AM PT/ 12 PM CT/ 1 PM ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/4p8sk5us
May 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
If you're exploring careers outside of academia, or just want some advice about how to be a better writer, please consider joining the webinar Wed 4 June (6pm UK, 7pm central Europe).
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#JustIn on Plantae: The Challenges in Developing Field-based Technologies. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows, Carlos González Sanz and Irene I. Ikiriko discuss the possible solutions to challenges in developing field-based technologies. buff.ly/sIeeuNb
#plantscience
#plantscience
The Challenges in Developing Field-based Technologies | Plantae
Think about the wildest imagination you have had – what if the right technology was available to make it possible? For farmers and plant scientists working long hours in the field…
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May 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#JustIn on Plantae: The Challenges in Developing Field-based Technologies. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows, Carlos González Sanz and Irene I. Ikiriko discuss the possible solutions to challenges in developing field-based technologies. buff.ly/sIeeuNb
#plantscience
#plantscience
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on May 23 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/aA7HlDF
#plantscience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/aA7HlDF
#plantscience
May 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on May 23 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/aA7HlDF
#plantscience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/aA7HlDF
#plantscience
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#JustIn on Plantae: The Role of Policy in Shaping Opportunities for Women in Science: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective. This new piece highlights the role of policy in shaping opportunities for women in science. buff.ly/uQCtuim
#plantscience
#plantscience
The Role of Policy in Shaping Opportunities for Women in Science: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective | Plantae
This article, we will shed light on how changes in science policies over the years have helped evolve a new generation of women scientists…
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March 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#JustIn on Plantae: The Role of Policy in Shaping Opportunities for Women in Science: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective. This new piece highlights the role of policy in shaping opportunities for women in science. buff.ly/uQCtuim
#plantscience
#plantscience
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#JustIn on Plantae - Empowering Women Scientists: Success Stories from Developing Countries. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows, Yuanyuan Liu and Rini Rahiman showcase the achievements and struggles of women scientists from developing countries. buff.ly/shWsBoc
#plantscience
#plantscience
Empowering Women Scientists: Success Stories from Developing Countries | Plantae
In the ever-evolving landscape of scientific research and academia, women from developing countries are breaking barriers and redefining success…
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March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#JustIn on Plantae - Empowering Women Scientists: Success Stories from Developing Countries. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows, Yuanyuan Liu and Rini Rahiman showcase the achievements and struggles of women scientists from developing countries. buff.ly/shWsBoc
#plantscience
#plantscience
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#JustIn on Plantae: Being a Parent and Future Parent in Academia. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Editor, @indranik18.bsky.social and Plantae Fellows, Hao Chen harbors personal viewpoints from two perspectives on how to navigate parenthood and academia. https://buff.ly/4jM0MOh
Being a Parent and Future Parent in Academia | Plantae
This community blog harbors personal viewpoints on how to navigate parenthood and academia from two perspectives, one a current academic parent and another future academic parent. As a female…
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February 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#JustIn on Plantae: Being a Parent and Future Parent in Academia. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Editor, @indranik18.bsky.social and Plantae Fellows, Hao Chen harbors personal viewpoints from two perspectives on how to navigate parenthood and academia. https://buff.ly/4jM0MOh
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#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences https://plantae.org/classica…
Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters | Plantae
The Decline of Classical Botany Though many of us may recognize the word ‘botany’, we may also associate it with dusty books and 18th century science. ‘Botany’ is not used frequently in our…
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January 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences https://plantae.org/classica…